Direction: The given sentences, when properly sequenced, form a coherent paragraph. Each sentence is labelled with a letter. Choose the most logical o...

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Direction: The given
sentences, when properly sequenced,
form a coherent paragraph. Each
sentence is labelled with a letter. Choose
the most logical order of the sentences
from among the five given choices to
construct a coherent paragraph keeping
(6) as the last statement.

A) Arif Jamal, a New York Times
correspondent, reported, "This time,
India's victory was nearly total: India
accepted cease-fire only after it had
occupied 740 square miles, though
Pakistan had made marginal gains of
210 square miles of territory."

B) On September 22, it ended after the
intervention of the UN and a ceasefire
was __________ declared the next day.

C) In the August of 1965, Pakistani
forces infiltrated India-occupied Kashmir
in what they called Operation Gibraltar.

D) While our textbooks taught us that
we did, people from across the border
believe that they were victorious.

E) Their troops carried extraammunition and entered posing as locals
of the area and their attack on Indian
soil led to war without a formal
declaration, disrupting peace in the
valley.

(6) Even though neutral assessments
suggest our superiority in the war but
technically it remains militarily
inconclusive.

Which of the following can precede the
FIFTH sentence of the passage?

Options

A.

Under the orders of then Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri, Indian forces had marched on to Lahore and were in striking distance of the cantonment while denying the enemy's attempt to capture Indian territory.

B.

But if you think about it, Pakistan's aim was to conquer a large part of our territory but they did not.

C.

It is important to note that a ceasefire had been ordered at the Rann of Kutch after ceasefire violations from April through June of the same year (1965).

D.

Pakistani forces had managed to capture an area called Khemkaran, but they were pushed back by Indian troops, who managed to reach the outskirts of Lahore.

E.

Historian John Keay wrote this in his book 'India: A History': "Pakistan made gains in the Rajasthan desert but its main push against India's Jammu-Srinagar road link was repulsed and Indian tanks advanced to within a sight of Lahore."

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